From the Back Cover
Genitourinary Radiology: Kidney, Bladder and Urethra: The Pathologic Basis provides a lavishly illustrated guide to the radiologic and pathologic features of a broad spectrum of genitourinary diseases of the urinary tract, including the entities most commonly encountered in day to day practice. The editors are authorities in the fields of genitourinary radiology and pathology, and the authors of each chapter are renowned radiologists. The pathology content of the chapters has been provided by an internationally recognized genitourinary pathologist.
Genitourinary Radiology: Kidney, Bladder and Urethra: The Pathologic Basis covers inflammatory conditions, vascular disorders and cystic disease of the kidney; neoplasms of the kidney, renal pelvis, bladder and urethra; non-neoplastic disorders of the renal pelvis, bladder and urethra; kidney and bladder trauma; calculus disease; and medical renal disease. General, plain film, intravenous pyelography, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine imaging and PET imaging of each disease entity are included. Accompanying the majority of the radiological narratives are complementary descriptions of the gross and microscopic features of the disease entities.
Genitourinary Radiology: Kidney, Bladder and Urethra: The Pathologic Basis is aimed at radiologists in private and academic practice, radiology residents, urologists, urology trainees, pathology trainees and fellows specializing in genitourinary pathology. Both experts and beginners can use this excellent reference book to enhance their skills in the fields of genitourinary radiology and pathology.
Dr. Vikram S. Dogra is currently Professor of Radiology and Urology at the University of Rochester New York. He is fellow of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology and fellow of the Society of Uroradiology. He has taught and trained hundreds of radiology residents and trained many fellows in radiology from Egypt, India, China, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Turkey and Israel. Dr. Dogra has 7 books of Radiology to his credit. Dr. Dogra is also current chair of the continuous professional improvement - Genito Urinary module subcommittee of the American College of Radiology.
Dr. Gregory T. MacLennan earned his M.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 1971. He spent six years training in General Surgery and Urology at Manitoba Affiliated Teaching Hospitals, and followed this with a fellowship in Urodynamics at St. Peter's Hospitals, London, England. From 1978 until 1989, Dr. MacLennan practiced Urology in Grand Forks, N.D. and progressed from Clinical Instructor to Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. In 1989, he returned to Manitoba Affiliated Teaching Hospitals and spent 5 years in Residency and fellowship training in Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology. In 1994 he began a Fellowship in Surgical and Genitourinary Pathology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Following his Fellowship, he joined the staff of the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1995. Dr. MacLennan is Board certified in both Urology and Anatomic Pathology in both Canada and the United States. Additionally, he is Board certified in Cytopathology. Dr. MacLennan is Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, with secondary appointments in Urology and Oncology. He is the Division Chief of Anatomic Pathology, the Director of the Human Tissue Procurement Facility at University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Director of the Tissue Procurement and Histology CoreFacility of the Seidman Cancer Center. Dr. MacLennan has a particular interest in genitourinary pathology. Much of his time is committed to diagnostic surgical pathology and cytopathology. His research has been predominantly clinically oriented, in collaboration with urologists, oncologists and other pathologists, but has also involved collaborations with basic scientists.
